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In his segment on food stamps, Peter Hart presents an excellent example of the truth being concealed by "Republican says, Democrat says" type superficial reporting, that fails to go beyond that by examining the claims of both sides, and discovering and describing the real facts.

Is this a failure of journalism schools ? Or is it because unscrupulous media owners don't allow reporters time to get at the facts — or sometimes even want to suppress the facts ?

I am disgusted at the fact that my cable TV provider, namely Cablevision, has refused to carry news from one of the best sources of truthful journalism in existence today, namely Al Jazeera: Comcast is carrying it, as is Time Warner.

Might I suggest to Peter Hart that he propose to Al Jazeera America a weekly series called "Truth and Lies" ?

(Al Jazeera is a very strange case where the very wealthy ruler of an Arab oil state has decided to spend megabucks on an organization that seems to allow journalists sufficient time to get at the truth, and where news managers seem to have a good deal of independence from owners. The only area where I have found Al Jazeera a bit dodgy is in its reporting of Arab news, but I have seen superb in-depth reporting on the Americas, Africa and Asia.)

One long run solution to bad journalism might be an employee owned network of TV, print and radio. Or it might be a non-profit network. I think that folks like the Gates Foundation and George Soros and Warren Buffet should be approached to get the ball rolling in this direction.

Re-reading my post I realized it needs editing. Here is what I want to emphasize:

In his segment on food stamps, Peter Hart presents an excellent example of the truth being concealed by "Republican says, Democrat says" type superficial reporting, that fails to go beyond that by examining the claims of both sides, and discovering and describing the real facts.

I am disgusted at the fact that my cable TV provider, namely Cablevision, has refused to carry news from one of the best sources of truthful journalism in existence today, namely Al Jazeera: Comcast is carrying it, as is Time Warner.

Might I suggest to Peter Hart that he propose to Al Jazeera America a weekly series called "Truth and Lies" ?